Decision times · South East
How long planning decisions take in Mole Valley
83 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Mole Valley took 83 days from submission to decision — 27 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 1,271 decisions where the council published both dates.
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Not ranked yet: our records do not yet pass the historical coverage, monthly continuity, missing-date and refresh checks for this window. The figure above is still what the published dates say; it is left out of the league table so it cannot distort the ranking. See the methodology.
How Mole Valley compares
Year to December 2026
Mole Valley takes longer than the country as a whole: 26 days above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 28%.
The average here is 95 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 168 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 357 28%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 383 30%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 531 42%
By type of application
Year to December 2026 · types with at least ten decisions
The headline median mixes every kind of application together. A householder extension and an outline application for a housing site are not the same job, and the difference between them is usually larger than the difference between two councils.
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Outline 49 decided 31 days
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Amendments 37 decided 45 days
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Other 28 decided 54 days
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Conditions 204 decided 63 days
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Trees 289 decided 72 days
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Lawful development 101 decided 76 days
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Householder 354 decided 89 days
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Heritage and listed buildings 42 decided 104 days
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Full applications 139 decided 124 days
What Mole Valley decides
Year to December 2026
Mole Valley issued 1,271 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 81% were approvals: 941 granted against 218 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes sit outside that percentage rather than being counted as either.
Speed and approval rate are separate things. A council that refuses quickly is not doing the same job as one that negotiates an approval slowly, and neither figure alone says which served the applicant better.
Common questions
How long does a planning decision take in Mole Valley?
The median planning application decided by Mole Valley in the year to December 2026 took 83 days from submission to decision, 27 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 1,271 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Mole Valley meet the eight week target?
28% of the 1,271 decisions Mole Valley made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 58% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 168 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Mole Valley faster or slower than average?
Mole Valley is slower than average: its median of 83 days is 26 days above the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Mole Valley approve?
81% of the clear-cut outcomes Mole Valley issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 941 granted against 218 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Mole Valley planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 83 days from application to decision (27 days beyond the eight week target), across 1,271 decisions with both dates published. 28% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 58% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 168 days. 81% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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